Retired Judges Report, May 2013

June 3, 2013

36 state court judges retired in May 2013.

Spotlight
Ann Callis resigned from her position as chief judge on the Illinois Third Judicial Circuit Court early last month and announced her intention to run for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 13th Congressional District. She plans on facing Republican incumbent Rodney Davis in the 2014 election. Callis cites her frustrations with Washington as one of her reasons for leaving the bench and seeking a seat in Congress. “ Like many of my friends and neighbors, I'm frustrated right now that Washington is not listening, and it's not delivering for the middle class. As chief judge, I've delivered reforms when Washington didn't, and I'm running to deliver solutions for middle-class families who are looking for good-paying jobs and someone to protect Medicare and Social Security. - Ann Callis ” Callis served on the Third Judicial Circuit Court from 1995 until her resignation on May 3, 2013. She began her career on the court as an associate judge and was eventually appointed as the court's chief judge in 2006. Before serving the Third Circuit she earned her undergraduate and J.D. degrees from St. Louis University and worked as a State's Attorney's office of Madison and St. Clair counties.
Retired judges
The following judges retired from office in May 2013. Name Court Dates of service Ann Callis Illinois Third Judicial Circuit Court 2001-2013 C. Bruce Loble Montana Water Court 1990-5/31/2013 Curtis Evans 5th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska 1977-2013 Dan R. Price II Wyoming Sixth District Court 1990-2013 David B. Park Wyoming Seventh District Court 1999-2013 Dennis Budd Missouri Municipal Courts 1994-2013 Dewey Lawes Falcone Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California 1993-2013 Ernest Johnson (Kansas) Kansas Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Frank L. Benser Virginia 15th Judicial District 2005-2013 George H. Easton Kenosha County Municipal Court, Wisconsin 5/1/2013-2017 Harland H. Hale Franklin County Municipal Court, Ohio 2003-2013 Heath Hattaway Lincoln Parish Justice Court, Louisiana 2009-2013 Jennifer L. Sargus Belmont County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio 1989-2013 Jerome O. Herlihy New Castle County Superior Court, Delaware 1989-2013 Joan Orie Melvin Pennsylvania Supreme Court 1997-2013 John H. Reid Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California 1987-2013 John J.P. Ryan Stamford/Norwalk District Superior Court, Connecticut John P. Luster Idaho 1st Judicial District Judith K. Fitzgerald United States bankruptcy court, Western District of Pennsylvania 1987-2013 Larry Clifton West Virginia Magistrate Courts Linda Blerman Davis Tarrant County, Texas Martha Ann Lott Florida 8th Circuit Court 1997-5/31/2013 Martin Gillette Camden County Probate Court, Georgia Michael N. Cook Illinois Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court 2010-2013 Michael P. Scopelitis St. Joseph County, Indiana 1998-2013 Patty Verbage-Spence West Virginia Magistrate Courts 2001-5/31/2013 Paul Anderson (Minnesota judge) Minnesota Supreme Court 1994-5/2013 Randy Catterton Texas District 231 1993-2013 Richard Sievers Nebraska Court of Appeals 12/1991-5/31/2013 Robert G. Crigler Seventeenth circuit court, Tennessee 2005-2013 Robert Varco Minnesota Tenth Judicial District 12/27/2000 - 5/27/2013 Steven M. Campbell Cherokee County Magistrate Court 1/1/2013-5/31/2013 Steven Reed (Oregon) Columbia County Circuit Court, Oregon Thomas E. Ramich Elmira City Court, New York 1982-5/1/2013 Thomas H. Ball Kansas Eighth Judicial District William H. Brogan New Mexico Twelfth Judicial District Court 2010-2013

See also

• Retired Judges Report
• Judicial selection in the states
• Mandatory Retirement
• Category:Retired judges

External links

• Judgepedia's retiring judges calculations - state courts